and how do they keep the 2 crops seperate?
2006-08-27 23:33:08 · 9 answers · asked by bakbiter 3 in Environment
Velcro isn't actually 2 crops at all, the "hooks" and the "loops" are the different genders of the velcro organism (which is neither plant nor animal, but occupies its own small 'family' a bit like fungus does). 'Velcros velcros vulgaris', or Common Velcro is not farmed because it is a vigorously invasive crop, but instead is harvested wild in many regions of Asia Minor. 'Velcros ignatius', which is the lighter velcro often used on shoes, is farmed extensively in Western Canada, where it is harvested in the Fall by the "Velcrados", or "Velcro wranglers" who have used this product for thousands of years to keep their saddles on their donkeys.
2006-08-28 07:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They grow velcro next to the fields where they grow nylon, as the two substances for a symbiotic relationship.
Ufortuneately, the two crops can't be kept separate because they are the male and female of the same species, and need to cross polinate. They are grown in adjacent fields, and the bit in the middle just has to be composted.
2006-08-27 23:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by tgypoi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to popular belief, they don't grow velcro. They mine for it.
Kentucky is currently the world's largest source of the product.
It is a hazardous job though, as there are cave-ins and of course, the ever present risk of catching "velcro lung".
2006-08-27 23:41:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very funny. You realize, of course, that the inspiration for velcro came from certain burrs which the inventor got snagged on his woolen trousers while walking his dog. They are supposed to be similar to sandspurs, which are found in Florida.
2006-08-27 23:56:47 · answer #4 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the teflon and velcro labs were secret side by side govenrment projects. in the beginning there were all kinds of failures like teflon shoestrings and nonstick velcro cooking ware. then one day a scientist was running down the hall with some velcro and bumped into another scientist carrying some teflon and proclaimed: "you got your velcro in my teflon!",, and the other shouted "you got your teflon in my velcro!".... and history was made....
2006-08-27 23:58:31 · answer #5 · answered by fenwick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very creative. In velcro town, of course
2006-08-27 23:36:28 · answer #6 · answered by KeM 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They are grown where the Nazis keep there flying saucers in Antarctica
2006-08-27 23:40:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A little farm in Outer-Mongolia --- it's very hush-hush.
2006-08-27 23:41:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they don't grow it .....
2006-08-27 23:36:47 · answer #9 · answered by Brunette Diamond 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋